Tag: earthquakes
July 2, 2024
New Imaging Technique Uses Earth’s Warped Surface to Reveal Rocky Interior
Surface mapping technology such as GPS, radar and laser scanning have long been used to measure features on the Earth’s surface. Now, a new computational…
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2024
Scientists to Gather at UT to Push Forward Earthquake Science
The University of Texas at Austin will host an international gathering of earthquake researchers focused on better understanding the conditions that cause earthquakes and the…
Read MoreOctober 25, 2023
Scientists Isolate Early-Warning Tremor Pattern in Lab-Made Earthquakes
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully isolated a pattern of lab-made ‘foreshock’ tremors. The finding offers hope that future earthquakes could…
Read MoreOctober 4, 2023
Discovery of Massive Undersea Water Reservoir Could Explain New Zealand’s Mysterious Slow Earthquakes
Researchers have discovered a sea’s worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that’s now deep in the Earth’s…
Read MoreJune 15, 2023
Sinking Seamount Offers Clues to Slow Motion Earthquakes
Scientists have long puzzled over what happens when seamounts — mountains and volcanoes on the seafloor — are pulled into subduction zones. Now, new research…
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2023
Earthquake Scientists Have a New Tool in the Race to Find the Next Big One
An everyday quirk of physics could be an important missing piece in scientists’ efforts to predict the world’s most powerful earthquakes. In a study published…
Read MoreNovember 17, 2022
TexNet Records M5.3 and M4.1 Seismic Events in Reeves County, Texas
TexNet, the Texas state earthquake monitoring network, recorded Magnitude 5.3 and Magnitude 4.1 earthquakes at 3:32 p.m. and 4:39 p.m., respectively, on November 16th, 2022,…
Read MoreNovember 7, 2022
Scientists Plan Major Research Program to Understand Earth’s Most Dangerous Hazards
The University of Texas at Austin has joined leading scientists on a bold new effort to understand Earth’s largest earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The plans…
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2022
Deepest Scientific Ocean Drilling Sheds Light on Japan’s Next Great Earthquake
Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s Nankai subduction zone is…
Read MoreJune 27, 2022
Oil and Gas Activity Linked to Most Recent Earthquakes in West Texas
Since 2009, earthquakes have been rapidly rising in the Delaware Basin – a prolific oil-producing region in West Texas and New Mexico. According to a…
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